I agree with most of that actually.
Unfortunately they've screwed the the system over to the point that we're losing relevance. Now, for the first time in a long time, the most powerful country in the world will be one that can't trace itself back to Rome. Namely, China, which is quickly closing the gap between the US and themselves with newly constructed infrastructure and rapidly expanding industrial output while both of these rot in our lands....
History repeats itself. The British Empire fell.... Its Leaders (Royalty) became largely trivial, though much of the population still likes them. Now America's leaders, the elected politicians shall become as irrelevant as well. Just as elected government replaced the royalty, so to shall corporations replace the elected government. O, the elected government will live on, as a shadow of its former self and subservient to the corporation, just as the British Royalty is subservient to their government.
It's getting to the point where people question the government at every turn, don't like it, and demand it explain everything it does. A corporate policy however, is absolute and rarely questioned. By virtue of being "private" they can do whatever, including buying the government with "Campaign contributions."
We're already fracturing like Britain has between the Royalists and Non Royalists. We're the governmentists and the corporatists.... Elections and Primary Elections are media events much like a royal wedding.... The issues? What issues? News, especially political news, is now "entertainment."
I might be the first to compare the President of the United States and the rest of the Elected American Government to the present, declined state of the British Royalty and our governments replacement by corporate interests to the Royals being replaced by elected government. If I'm not then I haven't heard anyone else do it. [shrugs].
An elected government had voice to the government by right. Now it's voice for sale. You can't afford it....